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my guests, the harvard law professor who took on regulatory reform for the obama administration. >>> each week, keepit right here where we are "on the money." see you next weekend. (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, norfolk southern. one line,
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the obama administration has not been forthcoming. they have been missing in action when it mattered, they have been misleading people. >> sorry, out of time. ann coulter, great, thank you very much. mark and peter, much more time the next time. that's it for tonight's show. i'm larry kudlow. thanks for watching. she knows you like no one else. and you wouldn't have it any other way. but your erectile dysfunction - you know, that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently or urgently. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medications, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sexual activity. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. do not drink alcohol in excess with cialis. side effects may include headache,
the obama administration has not been forthcoming. they have been missing in action when it mattered, they have been misleading people. >> sorry, out of time. ann coulter, great, thank you very much. mark and peter, much more time the next time. that's it for tonight's show. i'm larry kudlow. thanks for watching. she knows you like no one else. and you wouldn't have it any other way. but your erectile dysfunction - you know, that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for...
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so that creates some problems for hagel as well as for the obama administration going forward. >> the clip tons established a standard for full disclosure. it caused them a few headaches when people found out who was contributing to the clinton foundation. once that was done the nomination proceeded. that's the precedent we're dealing with here. >> chuck hagel gave a lot of speeches, joel. he will not disclose the source of that funding. they were overseas -- involved in an investment bank or private equity operation in nebraska, did a lot of foreign funding. chuck hagel was engaged in that stuff. he is not going to tell. you remember many years ago after the horrible 9/11, they had a commission. they wanted henry kissinger to run that commission. not even full time. he refused to disclose his foreign funding sources and clients. so i got to believe that hagel won't. >> that's right, of course kissinger got into a lot of trouble there and had to pull out. hare reid said at the time what are they hiding? the kissinger folks and the bush administration. that's the same question that hag
so that creates some problems for hagel as well as for the obama administration going forward. >> the clip tons established a standard for full disclosure. it caused them a few headaches when people found out who was contributing to the clinton foundation. once that was done the nomination proceeded. that's the precedent we're dealing with here. >> chuck hagel gave a lot of speeches, joel. he will not disclose the source of that funding. they were overseas -- involved in an...
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>> well, i can't speak for the obama administration. you know that, larry. and i certainly hope that they're gathering the intelligence that they need to perhaps undertake a rescue operation of these individuals, the americans and others. but this is -- a lot of this is symptomatic of the obama administration's counterterrorism policy in that part of the world. larry, has anybody paid a price yet for the benghazi terrorist attacks? as ansar al sharia, al qaeda in the islamic ma greb, has anybody been arrested? not that i'm aware of. one was arrested, he's been let go. have there been any military strikes? now, i'm hoping that our intelligence forces, our military are planning operations against these people and they're going to take action at a propitious time whether you're talking about the situation in libya or what's going on in algeria -- >> i'm just going to tell you, if americans are being held captive by terrorists or anybody else, pirates, terrorists, whoever, this country should be strong enough to send in special forces, marines, i don't know what
>> well, i can't speak for the obama administration. you know that, larry. and i certainly hope that they're gathering the intelligence that they need to perhaps undertake a rescue operation of these individuals, the americans and others. but this is -- a lot of this is symptomatic of the obama administration's counterterrorism policy in that part of the world. larry, has anybody paid a price yet for the benghazi terrorist attacks? as ansar al sharia, al qaeda in the islamic ma greb, has...
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>> well, the obama administration russia policy has gone from reset to regret. i think -- i do think, larry, that the snowden case was the camel that broke the -- the straw that broke the camel's back. this, i think, was a personal afront. i think the president was offended by it. he had a bad meeting with putin at the g-8 a month or so ago and now it's just gotten worse. the situation with syria, the russians continue to buck us on syria. there's just so many issues out there and i think the president has had enough and i think he had to show some peak to show that putin can't push the president around. >> i think it's going to hurt putin. it's going to hurt putin inside russia because an american president hasn't stood up to him in quite some time. peter brooks, as a conservative, yourself, working as a conservative think thaank, i applaud the president for this. do you? do you applaud him? >> i do, larry. it makes sense to do that. although, i've been very unhappy with their russia policy. starting with the reduction strategy, the new s.t.a.r.t., i think they
>> well, the obama administration russia policy has gone from reset to regret. i think -- i do think, larry, that the snowden case was the camel that broke the -- the straw that broke the camel's back. this, i think, was a personal afront. i think the president was offended by it. he had a bad meeting with putin at the g-8 a month or so ago and now it's just gotten worse. the situation with syria, the russians continue to buck us on syria. there's just so many issues out there and i think...
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meanwhile, nbc news says the obama administration knew that obama care would force people out of their current coverage. joining us now, congressman chris van hollen, ranking member of the house budget committee. it's -- chris, it's a huge undertaking. and, you know, i know that with the best of intentions, all these things were possible when you try and do something like this. you weren't around either. i don't remember when lbj introduced a lot of the programs, but they had to have growing pains too. medicare part -- the prescription drug, that had some pains too. but they all seem to be happening at once. the glitch and now this. this seems even worse than normal. would you characterize it otherwise? >> are you talking about the rollout of the exchanges? or are you talking about the most recent nbc report? are you talking about the whole thing? >> that's my point. that's the problem. pick your problem. >> well -- >> pick your poison. >> well, a couple things. first of all, as you know, a lot of the affordable care act was already in place before october 1st. all the provisions that
meanwhile, nbc news says the obama administration knew that obama care would force people out of their current coverage. joining us now, congressman chris van hollen, ranking member of the house budget committee. it's -- chris, it's a huge undertaking. and, you know, i know that with the best of intentions, all these things were possible when you try and do something like this. you weren't around either. i don't remember when lbj introduced a lot of the programs, but they had to have growing...
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administration. in many ways, it's now or never. >> reporter: the concern is that now amid rising mortgage rates, winding down the government mortgage giants will inevitably make loans more expensive, this as low rates have been credited with the recovery. in addition to overhauling mortgage refinance, president obama is calling on congress to allow borrowers who don't have government-backed loans to refinance through fannie, freddie and the fha. that would, of course, transfer risk to taxpayers yet again, and it's something congress is unlikely to do. maria? >> all right, diana, thank you very much. diana olick. we'll take a break. disney magic on the line with the latest earnings. we'll have the numbers from disney in just a moment with instant analysis. they are expected to report momentarily. don't miss the second part of my exclusive interview today with ashton kutcher. we'll find out the extreme measures he took to become steve jobs for the new movie "jobs." we'll be right back. stay with us. u
administration. in many ways, it's now or never. >> reporter: the concern is that now amid rising mortgage rates, winding down the government mortgage giants will inevitably make loans more expensive, this as low rates have been credited with the recovery. in addition to overhauling mortgage refinance, president obama is calling on congress to allow borrowers who don't have government-backed loans to refinance through fannie, freddie and the fha. that would, of course, transfer risk to...
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there are a number of committees looking into this. >> do you think the obama administration can use obama care at some point to become a public -- a positive public relations exercise? >> well, it just depends. they really need to get a lot of people in. if you start getting people in who can find insurance and they feel good about the affordability of it, certainly then that becomes a testament, but at the moment they really have really big hurdles to overcome with this main way for people to sign up in some 36 states. just yesterday on the sunday shows obama administration was kind of, you know, talking down some expectations on enrollment numbers. one of the white house advisors yesterday saying i can promise you the numbers are going to be low when they finally do start reporting them later this month. >> bertha, thank you very much for the update there. >>> here are your headlines today. the end game for sac capital's saga. they learn the hedge fund could sign a deal today. >>> hsbc predisabilities growth in asia as they predict a 30% rise in pretax profit. >>> and what next fo
there are a number of committees looking into this. >> do you think the obama administration can use obama care at some point to become a public -- a positive public relations exercise? >> well, it just depends. they really need to get a lot of people in. if you start getting people in who can find insurance and they feel good about the affordability of it, certainly then that becomes a testament, but at the moment they really have really big hurdles to overcome with this main way...
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the obama administration is quite correct, something's got to be done. the irony to say that this is such a moral outrage suddenly, given the fact that 100,000 people have already been killed is a little late to the game. but there is a lot that probably will be done. there's standoff weapons at the ready from destroyers offshore, and we can really start looking for the people that are more reasonable to our point of view as best we can working for regime change. >> none of the thing we do are done in a vacuum, unfortunately. and objective sensible way, because we've got public opinion after iraq and afghanistan so that's why even though it's gotten to 100,000 there has been no real impetus to do anything. i mean, i sympathize with the whole process, arthur. it seems like a quagmire. we only have so much time. aei is always quick to point out you're not republican, you're not democrat, so this upcoming debt ceiling and budget battle i mean, it's like watching on the republican side there's like a bunch of factions over there. on the left we know, you kno
the obama administration is quite correct, something's got to be done. the irony to say that this is such a moral outrage suddenly, given the fact that 100,000 people have already been killed is a little late to the game. but there is a lot that probably will be done. there's standoff weapons at the ready from destroyers offshore, and we can really start looking for the people that are more reasonable to our point of view as best we can working for regime change. >> none of the thing we...
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and the obama administration's going to take credit for it just like they always do. am i wrong about that? >> obama's policies are working. that's what it is. they're creating more jobs. that's why we don't want the sequester to take place. because the policies he's been putting in place have been helping us get out of the big -- >> bernanke is buying your deficits. he's buying all your spending. you spend and then he comes in and sweeps it up and buys all these bonds, sticks all the money into the marketplace and you have a rally. this is a hell of a game. this is like -- what was the robert redford movie? the scam -- >> "the sting." you've got another factor here. break down a lot of the sales of these corporations, it's overseas. there are more construction cranes in vietnam than in new york right now. >> that's, again, what the pront talked about in the state of the union address about making sure we're building and have cranes in the united states, infrastructure, jobs, bringing manufacturing jobs back here. and i think another good point you that make, we can't
and the obama administration's going to take credit for it just like they always do. am i wrong about that? >> obama's policies are working. that's what it is. they're creating more jobs. that's why we don't want the sequester to take place. because the policies he's been putting in place have been helping us get out of the big -- >> bernanke is buying your deficits. he's buying all your spending. you spend and then he comes in and sweeps it up and buys all these bonds, sticks all...
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this is after on saturday the obama administration said nearly half a million people have applied for insurance but he wouldn't say how many have actually enrolled. the republicans criticized health secretary kathleen sebelius. they said she should testify although they've stopped from saying she should step down. >>> jack lew says the u.s. economy has been bruised by the fiscal fight in washington. he says he's confident they will recover. speaking on nbc's "meet the press," he says it's important they don't experience another round of brinkmanship. >> we know from the shutdown there was a loss of economic activity. i can't give you a number of what it is. i know the direction. the direction is that it took an economy that is fighting hard to get good economic growth going, to create jobs for the american people, and it took it in the wrong direction. >> and despite the uncertainty in washington, companies are upbeat. in the latest association by national association for business economics, 70% projected gdp growth. they're not as optimistic about hiring. 1/4 also expected rising int
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. >>> this week the obama administration will be he releasing health care enrollment numbers. the white house has signaled that the total will be low. we probable know that after weeks of problems with the website health care.gov. >> they haven't said that before. >> of course they're going to be low. >> i know. they haven't said it. they've always said, we'll let you know. we'll let you know. >> it takes time. it takes time for people -- >> now when they salo, we expect to concede that it's going to be low. north carolina is like -- the numbers are -- >> have you seen this story, by the way, this morning? cover of ""the new republic"" also at the top of ben white's e-mail. >> politico think. >> hillary's nightmare. a democratic party that realizes its soul lies with elizabeth warren. elizabeth warren may run in 2016. >> then i've already -- see, i've said that de blasio is to new york as -- i think the president is far left and i think that -- >> well, if -- elizabeth warren -- go west, my friend. >> obama has been frustrated by the left of his party. >> i think he resigns fi
. >>> this week the obama administration will be he releasing health care enrollment numbers. the white house has signaled that the total will be low. we probable know that after weeks of problems with the website health care.gov. >> they haven't said that before. >> of course they're going to be low. >> i know. they haven't said it. they've always said, we'll let you know. we'll let you know. >> it takes time. it takes time for people -- >> now when they...
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. >>> the house ways & means committee has issued a subpoena to the obama administration to release numbers on how many people have signed up for coverage so far. the panel wants the data by friday. >>> now, election day was much smaller this year in the u.s. with fewer races, but there were some big results. de blasio won in new york city. he'll become the first democratic mayor in 2009. it was much tighter in virginia. former democratic national chair terry mcaulliff narrowly won to be the state's next governor. >>> and coming up, could this man, as we put the picture up, be the next microsoft ceo? the software giant has reportly whistled down the possibility of those who could be in the front office. we'll look at the potential candidates, coming next. it's lots of things. all waking up. connecting to the global phenomenon we call the internet of everything. ♪ it's going to be amazing. and exciting. and maybe, most remarkably, not that far away. we're going to wake the world up. and watch, with eyes wide, as it gets to work. cisco. tomorrow starts here. ♪ stacy's mom has got it goin'
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he's also a former chairman of the council of economic adviser in the obama administration. welcome one, welcome all. we like the bad news, i guess, most, austan. and you've been the one that's been kind of pessimistic all along about the jobs picture. i don't want to put words in your mouth. are you below 120 today? >> i'm still below 120, i think it's going to go down for sure. people, i think, were a bit freaking out in october because we got in another one of these dramatic drops in consumer confidence rooted in. wait, what do you mean we could default? and i think we'll be digging out of that for -- >> and will we go -- we just made the point that with the fed having these clear cut numbers for when they exit, it's not -- it's not good news when the unemployment rate is heading in the direction which is opposite from where we need to get for the fed to exit. >> yeah, look, that would be true no matter what it was. if the unemployment rate's going the wrong way and the job creation's allow, i don't think that's a good sign. and it's just an indicator. the fed tried to la
he's also a former chairman of the council of economic adviser in the obama administration. welcome one, welcome all. we like the bad news, i guess, most, austan. and you've been the one that's been kind of pessimistic all along about the jobs picture. i don't want to put words in your mouth. are you below 120 today? >> i'm still below 120, i think it's going to go down for sure. people, i think, were a bit freaking out in october because we got in another one of these dramatic drops in...
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administration said no way. >> and by saying that, this proves that what i did was a patriotic thing to do. and i'm just hoping the judge isn't as opinionated as me on things. >> talking about opinionated judges, did you see the judge reycoff article? >> i didn't see that. >> judge reycoff, who is supposed to be an objective judge involved in a lot of on these financial cases writes this -- >> why hasn't anyone gotten a deal? >> writes this article in the new york book review and basically says, why has nobody gone to jail? >> and he said maybe there wasn't any fraud committed and he rolled his eyes and said yeah, right. >> and the prosecutors aren't on doing their jobs. >> this is what i'm talking about. >> he's not going to allow plea bargains any more where the companies say they didn't do anything wrong and pay a fine. he wants people and companies to -- >> so he's been somewhat activist, but to be out there publicly, this article almost tried to shame the prosecutors into prosecuting. which is -- it's interesting. if you're the judge -- >> there are people on both sides that thi
administration said no way. >> and by saying that, this proves that what i did was a patriotic thing to do. and i'm just hoping the judge isn't as opinionated as me on things. >> talking about opinionated judges, did you see the judge reycoff article? >> i didn't see that. >> judge reycoff, who is supposed to be an objective judge involved in a lot of on these financial cases writes this -- >> why hasn't anyone gotten a deal? >> writes this article in the new...
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do you have any reason or talked to anyone in the obama administration making you hopeful it's going to happen. i don't think it looks hopeful. >> number one i look at this if i were making a decision actually following the law and doing what's right. i think this idea that some how carbon you need to look at oil stands and make a decision on carbon. the decisions are with trucking it out or sending it on rail. when you look at it, this is the best way to move oil. the thing people don't talk about enough. if you look at the oil shell in north america, there's a lot on the border between british columbia and alberta. we need infrastructure to push to become energy independent with great friends in canada to the north. i'm really concerned if people think they can control the energy source by controlling the transportation, we're going to see this all over the country. we're seeing it with the expansion for am bridge up there. this is something people say why do you fight so hard? i say because you can't have the energy policy without transporting energy. you can't stop this. this is
do you have any reason or talked to anyone in the obama administration making you hopeful it's going to happen. i don't think it looks hopeful. >> number one i look at this if i were making a decision actually following the law and doing what's right. i think this idea that some how carbon you need to look at oil stands and make a decision on carbon. the decisions are with trucking it out or sending it on rail. when you look at it, this is the best way to move oil. the thing people don't...
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i think the bush administration and the obama administration, which have really had a continuous policy, done pretty well. draw red lines where necessary, build bridges where possible and it's got to be subtle. you hope two of our planes don't run into each other again off the coast of the china or two ships off some god forsaken rock in the south china sea. >> we'll have more with tom friedman after our short break. series had nothing to do with tapering, but i saw some disturbing stuff on the news lately and i want to ask you about that. i know it's not chemicals anymore, but it's horrible. anyway, we'll talk about that later this morning, breaking economic news, jobless claims, data's going to be released. we'll have that reaction to the numbers right ahead. ig business? ♪ like, really big... then expanded? ♪ or their new product tanked? ♪ or not? what if they embrace new technology instead? ♪ imagine a company's future with the future of trading. company profile. a research tool on thinkorswim. from td ameritrade. [ male announcer ] my client gloria has a lot going on in her
i think the bush administration and the obama administration, which have really had a continuous policy, done pretty well. draw red lines where necessary, build bridges where possible and it's got to be subtle. you hope two of our planes don't run into each other again off the coast of the china or two ships off some god forsaken rock in the south china sea. >> we'll have more with tom friedman after our short break. series had nothing to do with tapering, but i saw some disturbing stuff...
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. >> when's the last time you spoke to anyone the obama administration? you should be there every week. but do you see any signs whatsoever the tax reform is going to be brought back on the table in the next three years? any whatsoever? >> the answer to your first question is, yesterday, i talked with gene sperling. >> did you make any headway? >> who knows, but it's worth the fight. i'm not going to give this up. >> i felt bad earlier when you were saying -- wow, he's such a well -- how do you get up every morning and do this when it seems like we're spinning our wheels with a lot of this. >> because i'm not going to be the first generation of americans to leave this country worse off. >> thank you, erskine. i'm very glad you're doing this. i think we need to -- >> got to get it back out. >> we're going to continue this conversation in a couple of minutes. but first, we're a few minutes away from the adp numbers. we'll continue this conversation with erskine. with ideas, with ambition. i'm thinking about china, brazil, india. the world's a big place. i w
. >> when's the last time you spoke to anyone the obama administration? you should be there every week. but do you see any signs whatsoever the tax reform is going to be brought back on the table in the next three years? any whatsoever? >> the answer to your first question is, yesterday, i talked with gene sperling. >> did you make any headway? >> who knows, but it's worth the fight. i'm not going to give this up. >> i felt bad earlier when you were saying -- wow,...
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administration and to the president himself who will be in this meeting. that's an open question. these companies are not necessarily monolithic in their outlook on how they want to handle the spying issue. will the president get a specific ask of any kind from these companies. a number of them do want the united states government to free them up to actually release more information about how often they're turning over data on their customers to u.s. government and u.s. intelligence agencies. that's at big question going in. we're going to wait for the ceos as they arrive and we'll see if they have anything to say on the way in or the way out. >> that arrival is going to be fun to watch, eamon. >> i'm being told that david has news on the othernd of the desk there. >> just news for those who watch the chess pieces in the wireless world. interesting. it may amount to very little but worth noting that dish and sprint, of course if you recall dish is the company that competed to try to buy sprint or at least did for a bit, ultimately driving up the price for
administration and to the president himself who will be in this meeting. that's an open question. these companies are not necessarily monolithic in their outlook on how they want to handle the spying issue. will the president get a specific ask of any kind from these companies. a number of them do want the united states government to free them up to actually release more information about how often they're turning over data on their customers to u.s. government and u.s. intelligence agencies....
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do you think that the obama administration could possibly go it alone? >> i think it is becoming increasingly difficult. the momentum seems to be slowing down. if you remember yesterday we were getting records from u.s. officials saying that the train was out of the station, it was too late to dial back, and it was coming and they were talking about it starting today. i can tell you even here we were beginning to make our plans, how we were going to cover the events if suddenly bombs were falling on dadamascus. now, you have the arab league saying it doesn't support military action. the red cross saying it doesn't support it. egypt saying it wouldn't back a military action. the uk labor party wanting to slow things down and have two votes to authorize military strikes. today the administration is supposed to give a briefing about why it believes that chemical weapons were definitively used by the bashar al-assad regime. the longer this goes on i think the less momentum you're going to have and more doubt injected into the process. >> nbc's richard engel
do you think that the obama administration could possibly go it alone? >> i think it is becoming increasingly difficult. the momentum seems to be slowing down. if you remember yesterday we were getting records from u.s. officials saying that the train was out of the station, it was too late to dial back, and it was coming and they were talking about it starting today. i can tell you even here we were beginning to make our plans, how we were going to cover the events if suddenly bombs were...
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every time there's a problem in the administration obama is unaware. >> he's mad that he didn't know. >> he's mad about obama care. >> he's mad about -- >> that we were spying. >> mad about the irs scandal. mad about benghazi. >> if you're obama, what is the answer on the merkel phone? >> what are you supposed to say? >> our bad. >> are you supposed to say our bad? >> personally to her you say our bad. >> the germans are furious, truly furious. >> by the way, since we did find out -- since he did find out about this they canceled some of them but not all. >> right. that's the funny thing in that story. >> now and in the future. >> we're not doing merkel but we won't say -- >> we did it in the past. no question. >> the germans don't do it. >> the germans don't do it. they say they don't do it. >> when you're in international espionage a lot of this stuff goes on that nobody says they do. >> be a big boy and say, you know what, life is what it is. chinese do it, germans do it, french do it, we all do it. >> there's outrage. it's an important ally. >> the germans -- >> the french, i thin
every time there's a problem in the administration obama is unaware. >> he's mad that he didn't know. >> he's mad about obama care. >> he's mad about -- >> that we were spying. >> mad about the irs scandal. mad about benghazi. >> if you're obama, what is the answer on the merkel phone? >> what are you supposed to say? >> our bad. >> are you supposed to say our bad? >> personally to her you say our bad. >> the germans are furious,...
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we haven't had new administration in three years? >> we will in three years. markets won't look out -- >> so median term. obama's credibility? >> we risk issues in the median term if we had gone ahead with the strike. you don't know the retribution or fallout correct? >> that's correct. the the president and his secretary of state do not want to begin new military initiatives nor do they wish to be associated with winding the military initiative. this is why the president sought the approval of congress even though he admitted such approval was not necessary. it reflects the president's open uncertainty about how a response to syria crossing the red line with use of chemical weapons, how he should respond. we've heard, if you think about it, much more about what the u.s. will not do rather than what the u.s. has done. >> charles, do you think the market is more concerned about the foeshl of a threat of said tapering as opposed to potential of conflict in syria? >> the syria element of uncertainty is receding. the question will increase. with tapering, the mark
we haven't had new administration in three years? >> we will in three years. markets won't look out -- >> so median term. obama's credibility? >> we risk issues in the median term if we had gone ahead with the strike. you don't know the retribution or fallout correct? >> that's correct. the the president and his secretary of state do not want to begin new military initiatives nor do they wish to be associated with winding the military initiative. this is why the...
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i think you can expect president obama when he comes out at his news conference in a few minutes here at the white house to voice similar sentiments because this is something that is not good for his administration, not good for the credibility of the executive branch and darryl issa was on "meet the press" yesterday talking about it is aing there are definite reforms that need to be enacted to prevent it from happening again. here's darryl issa. >> this is something that you have to institute changes to make sure it doesn't happen again. there has to be accountability for the people who did it and quite frankly, up until a now days ago, there has to be accountability for people telling lies about it being done. >> that's one of the things that i think you can expect republicans to focus and president obama to address. the irs denied in congressional testimony in 2012 that this was taking place and then just on friday inexplicably at a conference in answer to a question acknowledged that in fact, it had taken place. all of the issues surrounding how broad it was, who knew about it and
i think you can expect president obama when he comes out at his news conference in a few minutes here at the white house to voice similar sentiments because this is something that is not good for his administration, not good for the credibility of the executive branch and darryl issa was on "meet the press" yesterday talking about it is aing there are definite reforms that need to be enacted to prevent it from happening again. here's darryl issa. >> this is something that you...
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remember, the head of the fcc, despite the obama rule, is a former cell phone lobbyist. i don't know how he got that appointment. but anyway, they've been fighting me for years on this issue, the cell phone industry, because they figure, wow, we can charge a lot for a satellite link on top of your cell plan when you're in a plane. last thing that frequent travelers, business travelers who are the core profit folks for the industry want is to be sitting between two people yapping all the way across the country on their planes, keeping them up all night, if it's an overnight flight. >> yeah. >> flight attendants are appoplectic. this is a bad idea. electronic communication by texting, by fe-mail, you can be connected 24/7 and be connected from the second you get on the plane, you just do it quietly by texting. >> sure. congressman, to a certain extent, our conversation may be moot, because, as you mentioned, the department of transport came out with that surprise judgment yesterday that they would overrule the fcc, and they themselves would ban it. let's just assume that i
remember, the head of the fcc, despite the obama rule, is a former cell phone lobbyist. i don't know how he got that appointment. but anyway, they've been fighting me for years on this issue, the cell phone industry, because they figure, wow, we can charge a lot for a satellite link on top of your cell plan when you're in a plane. last thing that frequent travelers, business travelers who are the core profit folks for the industry want is to be sitting between two people yapping all the way...